| TomaTito said: Third party support, a constant topic that looms over Nintendo; DLC, statements, hardware, projections, PR, generalization, sales, titles, marketing, PR... all discussed. During this current generation WiiU received last generation ports that the Wii missed, but what about the value these titles have? To me third party titles value is about half of their release price (20eur), while Nintendo titles are in the 30-40eur range. For example, I bought ZombiU at 20eur after enjoying the demo and NFSMWU also for 20eur since I wanted a NFS game. There are also few demos released on the WiiU, so for games that I have no reference in its quality, I wait for them to be around 10eur to purchase and try them out. This point was reached by BatmanAC.
What's your own perception?
Note: This thread is somewhat related with third party purchase thread, but it should spark discussion, hence the separation. |
For me its basically the same.
The less exclusive a game is the less value it has to me. Its not just arbitrary it makes actual sense.
I am a value oriented person.
Nintendo games almost never drop in price. So I buy them for 40+€ (sometimes there is 10% vouchers etc and so the games end up at around 40 bucks)
I can buy them day1 because it does not matter if I buy them day 1 or 2 years later because if its not a minigame collection the price stays almost the same (maybe 10% cheaper 1year later) and thats exactly the way it should be. its not that your game gets old just because some months pass. it is part of the current console library and might only be "old" if the successor comes out but there is a simple fix for that problem simply dont annualize your games then!
If a game is multi-console exclusive like RaymanLegends. The game has not only to compete with all other Wiiu games but with every game on every system its coming to. I can guarantee you that every multi-console game drops 50% in price after a short period of time. And it will end up pretty cheap (Bought GTA5 for 18bucks 6 months ago)
Btw. This also happens to single-console exclusives (made by third parties when they also offer other multi-console games like Ubisoft) because thats their mindset because they make games for all consoles they think "sales during 3 months or failure!" It does not make a difference to them if a game is on 1 or 3 consoles. They just drop the price all the time and then I buy those console exclusives for around 20 bucks. In the past JRPGs were 40-60 bucks or extremely expensive rare on ebay for way to much money. Since SqureEnix and atlus etc relaunch/reprint their JRPGs i stopped buying them for 40 bucks because they will be at 20 anyway and will never be rare at all. (cartridge based games on 3DS are another story!)
If a game is not only coming to consoles but also to PC there is even less point in buying a console version. The console version is inferior in every way and is not moddable at all. And 1 year after release the games will end up on steam for 5 bucks anyway. I have every third party game you can think of on PC including indie games. Totalling at roughly 600 games right now and I am pretty sure I spend less on those games than someone buying 15 games on consoles that cost 60 bucks. Whats better 600 or 15? no brainer choice!
The reasony why I think Nintendo games have value is because they do have value. The developer thinks they have value and so the games dont drop in price. (sometimes they even get more expensive Xenoblade/MetroidPrime Trilogy etc.)
If a developer/publisher has no trust in its own product why would I pay 40-60 bucks for it? I hate buying things and just to see everyone else getting it for half the price a month or so later.
This is the biggest problem third party has imo. They devalue their games. And if a game would stay at 60 bucks onWiiU even tho the same game would be 20 on PS3 or 360 etc I would also not buy it because why would I pay 3x more than the other guys? Same problem as the price drop dilemma.
The only way for third party to fix this is by making their games have value again. Or well by not expecting the games to sell for 60 bucks on WiiU.
